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Hollywood renaissance : the cinema of democracy in the era of Ford, Capra, and Kazan / Sam B. Girgus.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: Spanish Publication details: Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1998.Description: xii, 258 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 052162388X (hbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0521625521 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 791.43
LOC classification:
  • PN 1993.5 G524h 1998
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Contents:
1. Ethnics and Roughnecks: The making of the Hollywood renaissance; 2. The cinema for democracy: John Ford; 3. Gender and American character: Frank Capra; 4. Revisioning heroic masculinity: Hawks and Zinnemann; 5. An American conscience: Elia Kazan; 6. Losing tomorrow: George Stevens; Conclusion.
Summary: A study of how films from the late 1930s to the early 60s portrayed the American ideal.
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Vol info Status Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Humanidades Humanidades (4to. Piso) PN 1993.5 G524h 1998 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 3 Available 00000120092

Filmography: 248-250.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-247) and index.

1. Ethnics and Roughnecks: The making of the Hollywood renaissance; 2. The cinema for democracy: John Ford; 3. Gender and American character: Frank Capra; 4. Revisioning heroic masculinity: Hawks and Zinnemann; 5. An American conscience: Elia Kazan; 6. Losing tomorrow: George Stevens; Conclusion.

A study of how films from the late 1930s to the early 60s portrayed the American ideal.

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